Summary of the concepts of Ahl al-Sunnah.
The prophets and messengers mentioned by name in the Holy Qur'an.
Twenty-five prophets and messengers.
Eighteen of them are mentioned in one place in Surah Al-An'am.
In addition to their mention in numerous other verses.
The verses of Surah Al-An'am are:
“That is Our argument. We gave it unto Abraham against his folk. We raise unto degrees of wisdom whom We will. Lo! thy Lord is Wise, Aware.” (6:83)
"We raise the rank of whom We will."
"Indeed, your Lord is Wise and Knowing."
"And We granted him Isaac and Jacob."
“And We bestowed upon him Isaac and Jacob; each of them We guided; and Noah did We guide aforetime; and of his seed (We guided) David and Solomon and Job and Joseph and Moses and Aaron. Thus do We reward the good.” (6:84)
“And We bestowed upon him Isaac and Jacob; each of them We guided; and Noah did We guide aforetime; and of his seed (We guided) David and Solomon and Job and Joseph and Moses and Aaron. Thus do We reward the good.” (6:84)
"And thus do We recompense the doers of good."
"And Zechariah and John and Jesus and Elias."
"All were of the righteous."
"And Ishmael and Elisha and Jonah and Lot."
“And Ishmael and Elisha and Jonah and Lot. Each one (of them) did We prefer above (Our) creatures,” (6:86)
As for the remaining seven.
They are Adam, Idris, Hud, Salih, Shu'ayb.
And Dhu al-Kifl.
And the last of them is our Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon them all.
As for Adam, peace be upon him.
He is mentioned approximately twenty-five times.
Among them is the saying of Allah the Almighty:
“Lo! Allah preferred Adam and Noah and the Family of Abraham and the Family of 'Imran above (all His) creatures.” (3:33)
As for Idris, peace be upon him.
He is mentioned twice.
Among them is the saying of Allah the Almighty:
“And make mention in the Scripture of Idris. Lo! he was a saint, a prophet;” (19:56)
"Indeed, he was a man of truth and a prophet."
As for Hud, peace be upon him.
He is mentioned approximately seven times.
Among them is the saying of Allah the Almighty:
"And to 'Ad [We sent] their brother Hud."
He said, "O my people, worship Allah; you have no deity other than Him."
"Then will you not fear?"
As for Salih, peace be upon him.
He is mentioned approximately nine times.
Among them is the saying of Allah the Almighty:
"And to Thamud [We sent] their brother Salih."
He said, "O my people, worship Allah; you have no deity other than Him."
As for Shu'ayb, peace be upon him.
He is mentioned approximately ten times.
Among them is the saying of Allah the Almighty:
"And to Midian [We sent] their brother Shu'ayb."
He said, "O my people, worship Allah; you have no deity other than Him."
As for Dhu al-Kifl, peace be upon him.
He is mentioned twice.
Among them is the saying of Allah the Almighty:
"And Ishmael and Idris and Dhu al-Kifl."
"All were of the patient."
As for our Prophet Muhammad.
Peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
He is mentioned by his explicit name five times.
Four of them are by the name Muhammad.
And the fifth is by the name Ahmad.
Among them is the saying of Allah the Almighty:
"Muhammad was not the father of any of your men."
“Muhammad is not the father of any man among you, but he is the messenger of Allah and the Seal of the Prophets; and Allah is ever Aware of all things.” (33:40)
"And ever is Allah, of all things, Knowing."
And the saying of Allah the Almighty:
"And [mention] when Jesus, the son of Mary, said,"
"O children of Israel,"
"Indeed, I am the messenger of Allah to you,"
"Confirming what was before me of the Torah."
"And giving good tidings of a messenger to come after me,"
"Whose name is Ahmad."
"But when he came to them with clear proofs,"
"They said, 'This is obvious magic.'"
Summary of the concepts of Ahl al-Sunnah.